Myawady checkpoint on Myanmar-Thailand border is facing warehouse shortage and cannot adequately provide temporary storage for the imported goods from Thailand as the border trade is booming too quickly, local merchants said.
Import from Thailand through Myawady checkpoint has been increasing as the route offer shorter transit into Myanmar.
Traders including those newly arrived from Yangon and Mandalay cities
have crowded to trade through Myawady checkpoint. Those merchants who
imported from Thailand through Kawthaung and Yanaung border checkpoints
have also returned to Myawady since it opened again after a 17-month
temporary closure.
The warehouse demand for their goods rose significantly. Meanwhile,
warehouse capacity at Myawady meets only export’s demands, but it is far
below the requirements of importers who trade through the checkpoint, a
merchant explained.
Traders are transferring goods directly from truck to truck, as there
is no space to store goods temporarily. “The arrangement usually goes
wrong when we find difficulties to hire trucks at our sides. It’s really
troublesome that we cannot hire warehouse. We also cannot afford to buy
a warehouse as it’s so expensive. If the government allows more land
for warehouse, about 30 companies will buy,” a local trader said.
“Myawady border region was a restive area and the checkpoint was on
and off. As no prediction could be made, the traders did not do any
systematic preparation for their business. Now they are facing warehouse
problems,” an importer based in Myawady said.
An official from the checkpoint encouraged the merchants to behave
like a professional who is decent and ethical in their business, without
just looking at the profits they make.
source: Eleven Myanmar
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